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Friday 19 February 2016

Tree of the Week

Scots Pine -Pinus Sylvestris 




















Scots Pine is one of only three conifers native to the British Isles, being more open and flat topped with a long trunk. The bark tends to be red-grey/brown lower down and red-orange higher up with a flaking scale like appearance.

  • Look out for the blue-green paired needles, 5-10cm long, along with the egg shaped pine cones 5-8cm, which become light brown and rounder as they mature.
  • This is a useful timber tree, producing wood for buildings, furniture, telegraph poles and chipboard.




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